Early Swallows

[Carol]

Look what I read on another site, great wee birds  aren't they....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7797141.stm

[Carol]

[angle shades]

remarkable Carol, lets hope they survive/ shades x

[Paulines7]

We are staying in our caravan at a farm near Stratford on Avon at the moment.  Whilst driving up here on Saturday, a bird flew in front of us and I was convinced that it was a swallow.  We get a lot of them nesting around our home so I am very familiar with their shape, compared to martins which we also have a lot of during the summer.  The swallow spotted on Saturday was somewhere between Moreton in Marsh and our destination just off the Fosse Way about 5 miles east of Stratford on Avon.

I bet any swallows that have overwintered here will be regretting it with the freezing temperatures that we are having.   :-\